Mentor Search

[lam]

Have you ever wanted to mentor a FIRST team around your area? Check out "Mentor Search" website, http://mentor.txfirst.org

Teams that need mentors will post their location
Mentors who need teams will also post their location

You must register to use the service. If you already mentor a team, you can try out the service and hide your location.

This site is still in the Beta version, so please give us feedback if the site is too confusing or doesn't work.

http://mentor.txfirst.org :D

[neoshaakti]

woah great timing...our team is searching for a mentor
thanks!

[JaneYoung]

I signed up with this today to see how easy it is.
I think this could promise to be an excellent tool for use in communication and networking.

Kudos guys- it was not confusing at all. (...and this is Jane speaking...*cough*)

[Vince lau]

neat idea, i signed up for it

[Beth Sweet]

I'm trying to set my location but it says "sorry we were unable to geocode that address." I'm not sure what that means, but if that can get fixed, I would love to participate.

[Kevin Sevcik]

Beth,

Happy Birthday!

Also, the site is coding mentor and team addresses as Lat., Long. coordinates using Google lookups. So, basically, you need to use an address that Google likes.

Personally, I definitely consider the site a beta as I think it's missing important privacy protection features and some accessibility and usability features. I do really like the concept and think it could do a much better job matching mentors and teams than some of the current options.